地道美语听力播客942：如何证明自己精神没问题，这可是个难题

Claire: What are you doing with all those law books? I thought you retired 20 years ago.

克莱尔：这些法律书籍，你拿来做什么?我还以为你的20年前就退休了呢。

Ray: I’m preparing for my mental competency hearing.

雷：我在准备一场关于精神健全问题的听证会。

Claire: Mental competency hearing? But your mind is as sharp as it has ever been.

克莱尔：关于精神健全问题的听证会?可是你的思维依然很敏捷啊。

Ray: That’s not what my children think. They are going to court to prove my diminished capacity. They

are going to argue that I need a conservator for my estate.

雷：可是我的孩子们就不这么想。他们要去法院证明我的能力已经减弱。他们会认为,我需要一名看护员帮我守着自己的家产。

Claire: Nobody who knows you would question your sound mind. There must be another reason for this hearing.

克莱尔：不了解的人才会质疑你的精神健全问题。一定还有别的原因。

Ray: You’re right. My children want to get their hands on my money, and if they can prove mental incapacitation and impaired judgment, they will get power of attorney.

雷：你说的对。 我的孩子们想要我的钱，但是如果他们能证明我的精神上有问题，不能做出正确的判断，那么他们就可以得到律师的帮助，名正言顺地拿走我的钱了。

Claire: And if they get power of attorney…

克莱尔：如果他们得到律师的帮助……

Ray:They would get control of my company and my entire estate.

雷:他们就会控制我的公司及我的整个房产。

Claire:So what are you going to do?

克莱尔:那你打算怎么办?

Ray:I am going to fight fire with fire. I'm suing them.

雷:我要以其人之道还治其人之身。我打算起诉他们。

Claire:What for?

克莱尔:告他们什么?

Ray: Fraud and I can make it stick. They’re both lacking in common sense. Everybody knows you should never sue an attorney, especially a successful one!

雷：诈骗，坚定的告他们。他们都缺乏判断力。人人都知道不应该起诉律师，尤其是成功的律师。